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Eli Broad Plans Another Art Space: 20/11/08 06:06 AM New York Times
Eli Broad, the philanthropist whose gift financed a new contemporary-art building this year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is planning to build another exhibition space for his vast collection.
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Jan Krugier, Dealer in Modern Art, Dies at 80: 20/11/08 05:05 AM New York Times
Mr. Krugier survived two years in Nazi concentration camps and went on to become a highly regarded dealer of work by artists like Picasso, Morandi, Balthus and Giacometti.
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Grace Hartigan, 86, Abstract Painter, Dies: 19/11/08 07:33 PM New York Times
Ms. Hartigan was a second-generation Abstract Expressionist whose gestural, intensely colored paintings often incorporated images drawn from popular culture.
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Heatherwick team pays £1.7m to settle over B of the Bang: 19/11/08 12:34 PM ArtReview News
By artreview.comThomas Heatherwick Studio and other members of the team who worked on Manchester's B of the Bang sculpture have paid Manchester City Council £1.7 million in a out-of-court settlement.The east Manchester sculpture, which resembles an exploding firework and was commissioned to mark the 2002 Commonwealth Games, has remained closed to the public since one spike became detached and needed repairs, with further spikes later removed.This week's out of court settlement ends legal proceedings brought by the council last year against the design consortium - comprising Thomas Heatherwick Studio and its subcontractors Packman Lucas, Flint & Neill Partnership, and Westbury Structures - for breach of contract and negligence.The council's solicitor Susan Orrell said: "We have reached a settlement that is in the best interests of the council, [which will now] consider the future of the structure in conjunction with the project's funders. A report will go to
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'Artists' gallery' unveils £13.5m expansion: 19/11/08 12:16 PM ArtReview News
By artreview.comThe Whitechapel Gallery today unveiled its "ambitious" expansion following a £13.5 million campaign.The Heritage Lottery Fund-supported project, due to open in April 2009, unifies the gallery with the Passmore Edwards Library next door, increasing gallery space by 78%.Designed by Belgian architects Robbrecht en Daem, the venue is billed as one of the most exciting new cultural buildings in Europe.Included in the expanded building are new galleries dedicated to presenting collections and new commissions; a permanent gallery and research room for the gallery's historic archive and an education and research tower including creative studios. They have been designed by the architects in collaboration with artist Rachel Whiteread.The new project also boasts a weather vane based on Erasmus, designed by artist Rodney Graham. Iwona Blazwick, director of the gallery, said: "The exciting expansion enables the Whitechapel Gallery to open all year round so t
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New U.N. art work raises controversy: 19/11/08 12:00 PM ArtReview News
By artreview.comA stunning work of art dubbed a 21st century Sistine Chapel donated to the United Nations is stirring a controversy over whether aid money should have been used to cover part of its cost.The United Nations inaugurated a refurbished meeting room, the gift of Spain, at its European headquarters on Tuesday.Formerly known simply as Room XX, the new Human Rights and Alliance of Civilisations Chamber is certain to be a highlight of visits to the U.N.'s art-deco building near Lake Geneva.The floor and walls of the circular chamber are carpeted with champagne-colored material. But it is the ceiling that is really striking.Miquel Barcelo, one of Spain's leading contemporary artists, has turned the dome of the chamber into a dazzling cave, complete with stalactites, in every imaginable color. The chamber was inaugurated by the King and Queen of Spain, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the prime ministers of Spain and Turkey, Swiss president and the spik
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£10m boost for Titian masterpiece: 19/11/08 10:30 AM BBC Entertainment
The campaign to keep Titian's masterpiece Diana and Actaeon on public display is given a £10m boost.
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Controversial UN artwork unveiled: 19/11/08 10:01 AM BBC Entertainment
A ceiling painting worth £15m is unveiled at the United Nations in Geneva amid controversy over how it was paid for.
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New U.N. art work raises controversy: 19/11/08 01:25 AM Reuters Entertainment
GENEVA (Reuters) - A stunning work of art dubbed a 21st century Sistine Chapel donated to the United Nations is stirring a controversy over whether aid money should have been used to cover part of its cost.
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Artists should have same tax deductions as collectors when donating works of art: 19/11/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
Art museums large and small depend on donations from art collectors to build and sustain their ...
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Francesco Bonami defends his ?40 years of Italian art?: 19/11/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
VENICE. Curator, writer and critic Francesco Bonami is running into trouble. His current exhibition ...
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